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: Decided to go back to getting my own server and CMS. I want to tinker and I find myself not needing …
: Lent feels like a natural time to step back and reassess habits, so I’ve decided to give up a …
: 2026-01-17 Biffy Clyro @ Co-op Live, Manchester Great as always (except for the venue charging £9.30 …
: 🎵Now Playing: The Beatles - Rubber Soul (1964) Most Beatles songs have aged brilliantly. Run For …
: 🎵Now Playing: Nick Mulvey - First Mind (2014) Big day at work today. A project I’ve been …
: Farewell Ruben. The club is a joke but we’ll always have that mad night against Lyon.
: How have United drawn to Wolves and Leeds and ended moving up to 5th? ⚽️
: Joy as an act of Resistance 🎶📀 This is a series of posts about the vinyl I own. It’s important to own music, rather than rely …
: I think work is going to be quite stressful at the start of the new year, so very grateful to have …
: 🎵Now Playing: Big Thief - Double Infinity (2025) I’ve got tickets to see these next year …
: Finished reading 2025: Heretics by GK Chesterton 📚
: 🤘Snapped Ankles @ the White Hotel, 2025-12-05
: 🎵Now Playing: The Shins - Oh, Inverted World (2001) This is more of a summer album, but it’s …
: Reasons to be cheerful #1 Before ~1800, almost every parent lost a child; now it’s such an uncommon …
: 🎵Now Playing: Radiohead - Hail to the Thief (2003) I don’t come back to this album as often …
: I’ve built up a list of things I really should write a blog post about, so this is my reminder to …
: Trains are so good. Train stations are wonderful spaces between here and there. I wish, wish, wish …
: Once a man stood in front of me in a room full of men and told me that he would rather block out the …
: 🎵Now Playing: Geese - 3D Country (2023) Guys. Hey, guys. I’m serious. Geese are the best …
: Ok, I admit it. I’m feeling festive 🎄✨☃️
: Celebrity Traitors was absolute box office, the thick dafties.
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Cultural Diet - October 2025
I haven’t done one of these for a few months, but I feel like I’ve finally got back on …
: 🎵Now Playing: Daniel Avery - Tremor (2025) New Music Friday and today I listened to Daniel …
: My toaster pretty much blew up yesterday. And so today I’ve been having very middle aged discussions …
: Celebrity Traitors is SUCH GOOD TELEVISION but I have realised I am somehow two years older than Joe …
: 🎵Now Playing: Tame Impala - Deadbeat (2025) I should start doing a Now Playing post every Friday, …
: 🎵Now Playing: Boy Azooga - 1, 2, Kung Fu! (2018) Welcome to another edition of “I totally …
: Instagram is now unbearable. I think I’ll start weaning off and have it fully deleted by the end of …
: 3rd PB in 5 parkruns and I got under my goal of 30mins! I thought it would take me a bit longer to …
: 🎵Now Playing: Geese - Getting Killed (2025) I loved Cameron Winter’s solo album and now I …
: Across Canada: Toronto This is one of a series of posts about my trip to Canada. Most posts about this trip can be found …
: I’ll be posting the final blogs from my Canada trip soon. I hope they’ve been at least vaguely …
: Across Canada: Kingston This one of a series of posts about my trip to Canada. Most posts about this trip can be found here. …
: Across Canada: Winnipeg to Toronto This one of a series of posts about my trip to Canada. Most posts about this trip can be found here. …
: 🎵Now Playing: Fishmans - Kuuchuu Camp (1996) I don’t know how or why Fishmans ended up on my …
: Finished reading 2025: The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage Collector’s Edition (Book of Dust, …
: Landed back from Canada last night. I have a few more posts to write to catch you up (not that …
: Across Canada: Jasper to Winnipeg This one of a series of posts about my trip to Canada. Most posts about this trip can be found here. …
: Across Canada: Vancouver to Jasper This one of a series of posts about my trip to Canada. Most posts about this trip can be found here. …
: Across Canada: Vancouver This one of a series of posts about my trip to Canada. Most posts about this trip can be found here. …
: Across Canada: Edmonton This one of a series of posts about my trip to Canada. Most posts about this trip can be found here. …
: There’s so many unnecessary things in an airport. Why are you trying to do me a deal on 3 bottles of …
: Out of office on. Bags packed. Holiday is within touching distance. One sleep and the airport …
: 🎵Now Playing: Villagers - Becoming a Jackal (2010) I’m stressing at work trying to cram …
: Across Canada: The How, The Why, The What This the first in a series of posts about my trip to Canada. Most posts about this trip can be found …
: Another 5km. Another new PB. Now agonisingly close to the under 30 minute goal. Next time! (I am so …
: It’s going to be a long long season. 🔴⚫️⚪️⚽️😭
: Not had a proper holiday for myself in years. So counting down the days left in work to next Friday …
: 🎵Now Playing: Maximo Park - A Certain Trigger (2005) 6music had them on today to celebrate 20 …
: 🎵Now Playing: Muse - Black Holes and Revelations (2007) I haven’t listened to Muse for ages, …
: 🎵Now Playing: Santigold - Santogold (2008) It’s Monday and I’m drinking a Lucozade …
: Friday: The football’s back 😁 Sunday: The football’s back 😩
: 🎵Now Playing: Klaxons - Myths of the Near Future (2007) It’s hot, sunny, and a Friday. …
: The horrors continue and there’s nothing we can do.
: My (5km) empire of dirt To paraphrase the song Hurt (the Johnny Cash version) What have I become My sweetest friend …
: 🎵Now Playing: Yeasayer - Odd Blood (2010) I totally forgot about Yeasayer. Yeasayer used to exist. …
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Cultural Diet - July 2025
A run down of everything I’ve consumed this month, and I have certainly had my fill this …
: 🎵Now Playing: Oasis - The Masterplan (1998) If you didn’t know, Oasis are back. Everyone I …
: A Hawk in a Hall The present life of man upon earth, O King, seems to me in comparison with that time which is …
: and the rule for sowing is, ‘One for the mouse, one for the crow, One to rot, and one to grow’ …
: 🎵Now Playing: Bombay Bicycle Club - I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose (2009) Am I listening …
: You've Got Mail Email is a peculiar thing. If you’re a millennial like me, you remember the hotmail email we …
: 🎵Now Playing: St. Vincent - St. Vincent (2014) Annie Clark is a guitar hero, and just a hero in …
: OK, so I haven’t quite ditched gmail yet, but we have made a start: you can now send an email …
: This 🤏 close to ditching gmail. Front runner is Proton mail with my custom domain but potentially …
: Rice Cakes An unusual rice cake eating event in Sheffield is celebrated as a creative commentary on consumerism …
: Thinking of finally abandoning my gmail and moving to Proton Mail. Hey Mail could be another option …
: 🎵Now Playing: Gwenno - Utopia (2025) Saw her live twice this year, and both time she was …
: “If you’re at a good restaurant, get the fish. If you’re at an okay restaurant, get the …
: 🎵Now Playing: Black Sabbath - Vol. 4 (1972) RIP Ozzy 🦇 Favourite Tracks: Tomorrow’s Dream …
: Call for the Dead Finished reading 2025: Call for the Dead (George Smiley #1) by John le Carré 📚 Just finished Call …
: 🎵Now Playing: Wet Leg - moisturizer (2025) The new songs all sounded good when I saw them at …
: Just booked my accommodation for the Vancouver leg of my Canada trip in September. Ten years since I …
: 🎵Now Playing: Fontaines D.C. @ Finsbury Park Saw this gig with my own eyes, down in that there …
: Some amazing space photography here. My favourite is the Dragon Tree: Astronomy Photographer of the …
: “Friendly reminder: the brain is not a computer, the body is not a machine.” Zach …
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Cultural Diet - June 2025
A run down of everything I’ve consumed this month, and I have certainly had my fill this …
: Fontaines D.C at the weekend were great, but with that and Glastonbury I’ve had enough fun for …
: Last minute trip to London today. Because Glasto wasn’t enough apparently…
: Glastonbury 2025 Glastonbury - you’re hard work but you never disappoint. My 6th time at the greatest place on …
: 🎵Now Playing: Gwenno @ Glastonbury (2025) Yes, I’m back from Glasto. I’ve just about …
: I’m sad, can’t speak and everything hurts. Worth it.
: Out of office is on. Alarm set for 4am. It’s happening.
: It’s good to look up sometimes.
: A perk of living in an “upside down” house is that my bedroom is now the coldest room and I can get …
: Silver How Behold! I have returned from a hike. I was in the Lake District this weekend. My parents were there …
: 🎵Now Playing: Foals @ Glastonbury (2022) Glastonbury returned in 2022 after a two-year hiatus (for …
: The world’s elites are inextricably linked. Their fates are tied. A defeat for one is a defeat for …
: 🎵Now Playing: Tame Impala - Glastonbury (2019) Another old setlist in the run up. This time from …
: 🎵Now Playing: Foo Fighters @ Glastonbury (2017) 2 weeks until Glastonbury! I haven’t packed! …
: 🎵Now Playing: Wolf Alice - My Love is Cool (2015) There’s a new album on the way, and …
: Had a Mac for years and only now discovering Raycast…
: 🎵Now Playing: Wild Beasts - Present Tense (2014) I miss Wild Beasts. Favourite Tracks: Wanderlust …
: 🎵Now Playing: Cameron Winter - Heavy Metal (2024) Have heard his name banded around a bit, and …
: The full Glastonbury line-up and (most importantly) stage times are out. Need the app to properly …
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Cultural Diet - May 2025
A run down of everything I’ve consumed this month. May was lovely. Sunshine! Wedding (not …
: The Ballad of Wallis Island I went to the cinema for my birthday to see The Ballad of Wallis Island, and what a treat it was. …
: The Fifth Estate Dave Rupert on his blog writes: I don’t have the capital to start my own Fourth Estate university …
: 🎵Now Playing: Bat for Lashes - Two Suns (2009) Bat for Lashes, I’ve not heard that name in …
: Was at a wedding this weekend so just caught up with the last Match of the Day of the season. Gary …
: The outfit, the commentary, the way she treats it like the dvd sale bin at Woolworths. This Natasha …
: Well that was very 16th vs 17th. ⚽️
: The Anti-Trans Moral Panic: Britain’s Grotesque Obsession Sean Morley, writing for Now Then Magazine: Every major political party seems to be operating under …
: I did a Mensa test a couple weeks ago, for fun, and I’ve ended up becoming a member of Mensa. …
: Eurovision is a lot of silly fun really isn’t it. I love silly fun. America could never.
: Given the seasons we’ve both had, more should be made of how shocking and bizarre it is that we are …
: Buile Hill Park. 📍 A walk in the park. ☀️🌳
: 🎵Now Playing: Tune-Yards - Better Dreaming (2025) It’s always a good day when a new …
: 🎵Now Playing: Toots & The Maytals - Funky Kingston (1973) Continuing with the reggae theme we …
: 🎵Now Playing: Bob Marley & The Wailers - Exodus (1977) It is hot and ☀️ in the UK this week …
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Cultural Diet - April 2025
A run down of everything I’ve consumed this month. April was warm and the extra daylight has …
: 🎵Now Playing: Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It’s Blitz! (2009) I thought I didn’t know what I …
: Peel Park. 📍 First festival of the year and it’s down the road.
: It is a sad, angry, unpleasant island - but at least we have a new series of Taskmaster.
: First ice cream of the year🍦☀️
: Trying the Glastonbury resale. The two green bars taunt me again.
: Work is currently at the stage where I need background noise rather than full albums. But Sault just …
: 2000s My favourite film from each year of the naughties. Almost Famous Amélie 24 Hour Party People …
: Spending my Saturday installed Arch Linux on an old laptop just to have something to tinker with and …
: A grey, wet Easter Friday bank holiday? I guess it’s time for Lord of the Rings.
: I can’t help but think we should use money to help solve world hunger rather than build rockets to …
: Paddington in Peru, 2024 - ★★★ Watched on Saturday April 12, 2025.
: This must be the place Letterbox showdown of favourite films with specific locations in the title. The Muppets Take …
: 🎵Now Playing: The Maccabees - Given to the Wild (2012) The Maccabees are also back. No new music …
: PULP are back! With new music! And it’s fucking great!
: 🎵Now Playing: Snapped Ankles - Hard Times Furious Dancing (2025) The lead single Raoul was an …
: 🎵Now Playing: Blondie @ Glastonbury (2023) I make a playlist of most of the gigs I attend, to try …
: The Dark Knight Rises, 2012 - ★★★½ Watched on Monday April 7, 2025.
: 🎵Now Playing: Tune-Yards - W H O K I L L (2011) Tune-Yards have a new album coming out, and I …
: The Dark Knight, 2008 - ★★★★★ Watched on Sunday April 6, 2025.
: A walk in the sun will cure most ails.
: A Sober 2025: March Update After a dry Jan and an accidentally wet Feb, I got back to winning ways in March. 30/31 days without …
: 🎵Now Playing: Tom Vek - We Have Sound (2005) This album is exactly the kind of sloppy …
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Cultural Diet - March 2025
A run down of everything I’ve consumed this month. March has marched on out, but spring is …
: Learned how to wire a light fitting, and the new office/guest room is pretty much done. Last bit to …
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Remembering to Play
I read this article A Project of One’s Own by Paul Graham and really related to it. I’m …
: Just watched the Severance finale. Loved it. Please don’t make us wait years for S3. 📺
: 🎵Now Playing: SBTRKT - SBTRKT (2011) I needed some momentum so I could fit all my work in this …
: Having a room decorated over the weekend. I’ve had to empty it and so the rest of the house is a …
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Then & Now
I went back to my old university at the weekend. It was about 9 years since I had last visited and …
: 🎵Now Playing: Divorce - Drive to Goldenhammer (2025) I assume I heard this band on 6Music …
: 🎵Now Playing: Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - Up from Below (2009) Their tiny desk …
: 🎵Now Playing: Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (1994) They might be coming to an …
: It really is amazing what a bit of 🌞 does for the old noggin, a thoroughly productive weekend.
: I always feel a bit smug about not having kids, but never more than on World Book Day.
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Cultural Diet - February 2025
A run down of everything I’ve consumed this month. February was quite the month for me. For …
: Couch to 5k has begun (who even am I anymore).
: 🎵Now Playing: REM - Document (1987) No idea why R.E.M came into my head while I worked out what I …
: 🎵Now Playing: Hinds - VIVA HINDS (2025) I heard the Spanish band’s live session with Craig …
: 🎵Now Playing: Sam Fender - People Watching (2025) I missed his standout Glastonbury set in 2022 …
: The Bug Club @ Gorilla, Manchester 2025-02-22 🎵
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Poetry for the Many by Jeremy Corbyn
Finished reading 2025: Poetry for the Many by Jeremy Corbyn 📚
: 🎵Now Playing: Queens of the Stone Age - Rated R (2000) They’ve announced a massive show in …
: Stewart Lee @ The Lowry Theatre, Salford 2025-02-19 🎭
: kele @ Gorilla, Manchester 2025-02-15 🎵
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A Sober 2025: Feb Update
My theme for 2025 was meant to be all about my health, with a focus on improving it. The best way I …
: The reviewer finds Doechii’s mixtape “Alligator Bites Never Heal” to have a unique …
: First time since I got my new “proper” job over a year ago where I’ve felt under …
: OK, I admit it. I love Stacey Solomon’s Sort Your Life Out. Tidying ✅ Organising ✅ …
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Adjusting My Inner Narrator
This post is part of the IndieWeb Carnival, Artlung is hosting this initiative for February. I …
: I am staying in Ashford overnight before a site visit for work tomorrow. According to ChatGPT: …
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Cultural Diet - January 2025
A run down of everything I’ve consumed this month. January was long. And busy. And sober. …
: Nearly made myself cry because I don’t understand how wireless headphones work.
: On the train to Newcastle to meet my niece for the very first time 👶🏻. There’s some beautiful …
: Spent the last couple of hours beginning a new Obsidian vault to start fresh and reorganise my notes …
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Last Week's Links 8
Here are the best things I found on the internet last week. Distract yourself, of course! You need …
: 🎵Now Playing: Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks (1975) Haven’t seen A Complete Unknown yet. …
: Decided I will be ignoring and refusing to get involved with/read/comment on anything to do with …
: Amad’s hat-trick last night. 00’s Forever all day on 6music today. Wedding tomorrow. …
: 🎵Now Playing: Aldous Harding - Warm Chris (2022) Huge fan of Aldous Harding and I realised I …
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Last Week's Links 7
Here are the best things I found on the internet last week. A stunning musical performance, great …
: News: I became an Uncle today.
: Delighted to hear Lauren Laverne is well and coming back to 6music. Moving to the 10.30am-1pm …
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There is Thrill in the Friction
This post is part of the IndieWeb Carnival, V.H. Belvadi is hosting this initiative for January.
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I realise I haven’t shared any cat (🐈⬛) content here, so here is Domino - the world’s …
: I’ve got back into listening to BBC 6Music while I work. It’s the perfect station …
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Last Week's Links 6
Here are the best things I found on the internet last week. It’s a new year, but I continue to …
: 🎵Now playing: The National - Boxer (2007) It’s started snowing outside again. This album …
: 🎵Now playing: The Beatles - Revolver (1966) Back at work today, so thought I’d throw on an …
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A Sober 2025
I’ve decided to go through 2025 with a theme in mind. In 2024 I focused on doing well at work, …
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Cultural Diet - December 2024
A run down of everything I’ve consumed this month. After November’s hectic gig schedule, …
: Uncle Buck, 1989 - ★★★★ Watched on Saturday December 28, 2024.
: Jurassic Park, 1993 - ★★★★★ Watched on Friday December 27, 2024.
: Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, 2024 - ★★★★ Watched on Thursday December 26, 2024.
: Home Alone, 1990 - ★★★★★ Watched on Tuesday December 24, 2024.
: Out of office is on, and I’ve already started to overeat. Merry Christmas all.
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Last Week's Links 5
Here are the best things I found on the internet last week. Merry Christmas ya filthy animals.
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Default Apps
Following a post I saw from @jarrod on HeyDingus here are the default apps I use on my iPhone.
: My website now fits the season with falling snow. Check it out on danielsavage.uk ❄️ (thanks to …
: 🎵Now Playing: This Is Lorelei - Box for Buddy, Box for Star (2024) This was The Lovely …
: 🎵Now Playing: Biffy Clyro - Infinity Land (2004) Not gone through the back catalogue of Biffy for …
: It’s #SPOTY therefore I get my years fill of sporting montages. Luke Littler the favourite to …
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Last Week's Links 4
Here are the best things I found on the internet last week. I’ll try to have more fun ones …
: 🎵Now Playing: TV on the Radio - Dear Science (2008) I only remembered I love this band over the …
: Altrincham 1 - 0 Sutton United ⚽️ Very cold. Very cold. Happy to be on the tram heading home to …
: Hosted a work’s Christmas quiz over Teams tonight (we all work remotely) and I got a sudden …
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Last Week's Links 3
Here are the best things I found on the internet last week. Sorry it’s a) late and b) short, …
: 🎵Now Playing: Laura Marling - Patterns (2024) Laura Marling is a perfect artist. She’s …
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Reading Habits for 2025
It’s December, so obviously, I’m in reflection mode—looking back on the year, spotting the wins, and …
: 🎵Now Playing: Joshua Idehen - Mum Does The Washing EP (2024) My Spotify algorithm came good …
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Last Week's Links 2
Here are the best things I found on the internet last week. Couple poems, a video, and a few …
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Cultural Diet - November 2024
A run down of everything I’ve consumed this month. November has been busy. I’ve overdone …
: Manchester United 4 - 0 Everton. What a great day to have a ticket. We definitely need a new stadium …
: 🎵Now Playing: Yannis & The Yaw - Lagos Paris London EP (2024) A dream collaboration between …
: Ok, it’s time to admit it. I’m a Manchester United fan. Good win tonight. ⚽️🔴⚪️⚫️
: 🎵Now Playing: Chemical Brothers - Planet Dust (1995) They didn’t make this album for …
: 🎵Now Playing: Kendrick Lamar - GNX (2024) Had to give this a chance after all the hype. Not my …
: Every border implies the violence of its maintenance. Ayesha A. Siddiqi
: Last Week's Links 1 Here’s some things I found on the internet last week. Video: Can you take a photo of us? …
: I’ve been thinking about giving up the booze for a while. Wasting days hungover just …
: Filling out more pages on the site. I love to track things (classic IT guy alert) so you can find …
: I want AI to do my laundry and dishes so that I can do art and writing, not for AI to do my art and …
: Hello World! Hello, this post means danielsavage.uk is back online! Yes, I’m going to be blogging again …